Authentic Materials in the Classroom: Their use to advance communicative competence

Practical Exercise in Class

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• Consider own language you teach
• Consider specific tasks related to communicative competence (greetings, refusals, asking favors, etc.)
• Consider real items (print, video, objects)
• Default example is a series of email exchanges in English.

Incorporating authentic texts for the purpose of communicative competence development

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• Components to consider in lesson-planning:
• Function of the expression/phrase
• Actual samples of use
• When is it appropriate?
• When is it not appropriate?
• Consider reactions given to the expression